Paperback, [PU: Little, Brown & Company], Having fled his less than perfect home life years ago, Hex Raitcliffe returns to help his ailing mother after his stepfather walks out on her, but over the course of one weekend, Hex's good intentions wear thin as the family airs its grievances., Contemporary Fiction

From the author of "The Ice Storm" comes the story of one weekend in the life of a New York publicist--a young man with a stutter, a terminally ill mother, and a drinking problem--who is summoned home to suburban Connecticut, only to find himself confronted by obstacles of comically epic proportions.